Elston Howard
Elston Gene Howard
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: February 23, 1929 in St. Louis, MO
High School: Vashon (St. Louis, MO) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1955
Final Game: September 29, 1968
Died: December 14, 1980 in New York, NY
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1955 26 NYY AL 97 305 279 33 81 8 7 10 43 0 0 20 36 .290 .336 .477 .812 118 133 4 1 1 4 5 79/2
1956 27 NYY AL 98 316 290 35 76 8 3 5 34 0 1 21 30 .262 .312 .362 .674 80 105 11 1 2 2 6 72/9
1957 28 NYY AL 110 380 356 33 90 13 4 8 44 2 5 16 43 .253 .283 .379 .663 81 135 18 0 6 2 6 72/39 AS
1958 29 NYY AL 103 406 376 45 118 19 5 11 66 1 1 22 60 .314 .348 .479 .827 130 180 9 0 4 4 6 27/93 AS,MVP-17
1959 30 NYY AL 125 474 443 59 121 24 6 18 73 0 1 20 57 .273 .306 .476 .783 116 211 12 3 4 4 4 3279 AS
1960 31 NYY AL 107 361 323 29 79 11 3 6 39 3 0 28 43 .245 .298 .353 .651 81 114 8 0 2 8 7 2/7 AS
1961 32 NYY AL 129 482 446 64 155 17 5 21 77 0 3 28 65 .348 .387 .549 .936 153 245 5 3 1 4 6 *2/3 AS,MVP-10
1962 33 NYY AL 136 538 494 63 138 23 5 21 91 1 1 31 76 .279 .318 .474 .791 113 234 20 1 3 9 1 *2 AS
1963 34 NYY AL 135 531 487 75 140 21 6 28 85 0 0 35 68 .287 .342 .528 .869 140 257 17 6 1 2 4 *2 AS,MVP-1,GG
1964 35 NYY AL 150 607 550 63 172 27 3 15 84 1 1 48 73 .313 .371 .455 .825 128 250 10 5 0 4 12 *2 AS,MVP-3,GG
1965 36 NYY AL 110 418 391 38 91 15 1 9 45 0 0 24 65 .233 .278 .345 .623 77 135 16 1 1 1 3 2/37 AS
1966 37 NYY AL 126 451 410 38 105 19 2 6 35 0 0 37 65 .256 .317 .356 .673 98 146 12 1 0 3 9 23
1967 38 TOT AL 108 345 315 22 56 9 0 4 28 0 0 21 60 .178 .233 .244 .478 42 77 10 3 2 4 6 2/3 MVP-17
1967 38 NYY AL 66 216 199 13 39 6 0 3 17 0 0 12 36 .196 .247 .271 .518 57 54 6 2 1 2 3 2/3
1967 38 BOS AL 42 129 116 9 17 3 0 1 11 0 0 9 24 .147 .211 .198 .409 18 23 4 1 1 2 3 2
1968 39 BOS AL 71 229 203 22 49 4 0 5 18 1 1 22 45 .241 .317 .335 .652 92 68 5 1 2 1 7 2
14 Seasons 1605 5843 5363 619 1471 218 50 167 762 9 14 373 786 .274 .322 .427 .749 108 2290 157 26 29 52 82
162 Game Avg. 162 590 541 62 148 22 5 17 77 1 1 38 79 .274 .322 .427 .749 108 231 16 3 3 5 8
NYY (13 yrs) 1492 5485 5044 588 1405 211 50 161 733 8 13 342 717 .279 .324 .436 .760 111 2199 148 24 26 49 72
BOS (2 yrs) 113 358 319 31 66 7 0 6 29 1 1 31 69 .207 .279 .285 .564 65 91 9 2 3 3 10

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1955 26 NYY AL 305 207 45 5.8 102 .300 .290 .265 .336 .344 .477 .395 .812 .739 118 .608 5.0 0.5 .762 .258 .186 .0
1956 27 NYY AL 316 230 30 3.5 104 .276 .262 .264 .312 .345 .362 .402 .674 .747 80 .357 -9.1 -0.9 .558 .169 .100 .0
1957 28 NYY AL 380 297 31 2.8 98 .267 .253 .262 .283 .334 .379 .395 .663 .729 81 .308 -11.3 -1.2 .512 .163 .126 3.2
1958 29 NYY AL 406 276 60 5.8 95 .346 .314 .257 .348 .325 .479 .390 .827 .715 130 .635 14.1 1.4 .754 .223 .165 1.8
1959 30 NYY AL 474 343 61 4.8 95 .277 .273 .256 .306 .326 .476 .391 .783 .717 116 .538 7.2 0.7 .696 .246 .203 .0
1960 31 NYY AL 361 262 35 3.6 96 .259 .245 .256 .298 .329 .353 .392 .651 .721 81 .400 -8.2 -0.8 .575 .204 .108 4.0
1961 32 NYY AL 482 304 94 8.2 100 .368 .348 .258 .387 .332 .549 .401 .936 .734 153 .741 31.6 3.0 .913 .258 .202 .0
1962 33 NYY AL 538 389 69 4.8 100 .288 .279 .260 .318 .331 .474 .404 .791 .735 113 .521 7.6 0.8 .706 .257 .194 1.9
1963 34 NYY AL 531 367 83 6.1 95 .285 .287 .255 .342 .322 .528 .394 .869 .716 140 .665 24.0 2.5 .819 .312 .240 .0
1964 35 NYY AL 607 393 93 6.4 97 .337 .313 .257 .371 .325 .455 .399 .825 .724 128 .678 21.5 2.2 .779 .229 .142 1.9
1965 36 NYY AL 418 318 34 2.9 91 .258 .233 .250 .278 .319 .345 .383 .623 .702 77 .351 -12.6 -1.3 .506 .174 .113 .0
1966 37 NYY AL 451 320 45 3.8 86 .289 .256 .242 .317 .308 .356 .374 .673 .682 98 .486 -0.3 -0.0 .580 .190 .100 .0
1967 38 TOT AL 345 275 18 1.8 84 .204 .178 .243 .233 .312 .244 .365 .478 .677 42 .203 -23.0 -2.6 .375 .133 .067 .0
1967 38 NYY AL 216 169 13 2.1 80 .222 .196 .238 .247 .306 .271 .356 .518 .662 57 .255 -10.6 -1.2 .410 .136 .075 .0
1967 38 BOS AL 129 106 5 1.3 91 .172 .147 .253 .211 .323 .198 .379 .409 .702 18 .123 -12.4 -1.4 .320 .129 .052 .0
1968 39 BOS AL 229 163 21 3.5 86 .286 .241 .246 .317 .317 .335 .365 .652 .681 92 .493 -1.9 -0.2 .569 .202 .094 1.7
14 Seasons 5843 4144 719 4.7 95 .292 .274 .255 .322 .326 .427 .391 .749 .717 108 .539 44.6 4.1 .661 .221 .153 17.1
162 Game Avg. 590 418 73 4.7 95 .292 .274 .255 .322 .326 .427 .391 .749 .717 108 .539 5 0 .661 .221 .153 2
NYY (13 yrs) 5485 3875 693 4.8 96 .295 .279 .256 .324 .327 .436 .392 .760 .719 111 .547 58.9 5.7 .674 .224 .157 15.2
BOS (2 yrs) 358 269 26 2.6 88 .243 .207 .249 .279 .319 .285 .370 .564 .689 65 .357 -14.3 -1.6 .471 .176 .078 1.7

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1955 26 NYY AL WS BRO L 7 28 26 3 5 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 8 .192 .222 .308 .530 8 0 0 1 0 0
1956 27 NYY AL WS BRO W 1 5 5 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 1.200 1.600 6 0 0 0 0 0
1957 28 NYY AL WS MLN L 6 12 11 2 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 3 .273 .333 .545 .879 6 1 0 0 0 0
1958 29 NYY AL WS MLN W 6 20 18 4 4 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 4 .222 .263 .222 .485 4 0 0 1 0 1
1960 31 NYY AL WS PIT L 5 15 13 4 6 1 1 1 4 0 0 1 4 .462 .533 .923 1.456 12 0 1 0 0 0
1961 32 NYY AL WS CIN W 5 22 20 5 5 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 .250 .318 .550 .868 11 2 0 0 0 1
1962 33 NYY AL WS SFG W 6 23 21 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .143 .217 .190 .408 4 2 1 0 0 0
1963 34 NYY AL WS LAD L 4 15 15 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .333 .333 .333 .667 5 0 0 0 0 0
1964 35 NYY AL WS STL L 7 29 24 5 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 6 .292 .414 .333 .747 8 1 1 0 0 2
1967 38 BOS AL WS STL L 7 20 18 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .111 .158 .111 .269 2 0 0 1 0 1
10 Seasons (10 Series) 54 189 171 25 42 7 1 5 19 1 0 12 37 .246 .306 .386 .692 66 6 3 3 0 5
10 WS 54 189 171 25 42 7 1 5 19 1 0 12 37 .246 .306 .386 .692 66 6 3 3 0 5

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1957 NYY AL 28 DNP
1958 NYY AL 29 DNP
1959 NYY AL 30 DNP
1960 NYY AL 31 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 NYY AL 31 DNP
1961 NYY AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 NYY AL 32 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 NYY AL 33 DNP
1962 NYY AL 33 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 NYY AL 34 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 NYY AL 35 as C 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 0 1 0 0 0
1965 NYY AL 36 DNP
9 Seasons (6 Appearances) 11 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .000 .182 .000 .182 0 0 1 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1955 26 NYY AL 305 3.3% 11.8% 6.6% 8.2% 31% 1.80 7.8 27.9 6.5 0.70 78%
1956 27 NYY AL 316 1.6% 9.5% 6.7% 5.1% 21% 1.43 9.7 58.0 8.5 1.09 81%
1957 28 NYY AL 380 2.1% 11.3% 4.2% 6.6% 28% 2.69 8.3 44.5 8.1 1.00 81%
1958 29 NYY AL 406 2.7% 14.8% 5.4% 8.6% 30% 2.73 6.3 34.2 5.7 1.19 76%
1959 30 NYY AL 474 3.8% 12.0% 4.2% 10.1% 40% 2.85 7.8 24.6 6.1 0.90 78%
1960 31 NYY AL 361 1.7% 11.9% 7.8% 5.5% 25% 1.54 7.5 53.8 8.3 0.86 78%
1961 32 NYY AL 482 4.4% 13.5% 5.8% 8.9% 28% 2.32 6.9 21.2 5.8 1.09 76%
1962 33 NYY AL 538 3.9% 14.1% 5.8% 9.1% 36% 2.45 6.5 23.5 5.4 1.26 75%
1963 34 NYY AL 531 5.3% 12.8% 6.6% 10.4% 39% 1.94 7.2 17.4 5.7 1.50 74%
1964 35 NYY AL 607 2.5% 12.0% 7.9% 7.4% 26% 1.52 7.5 36.7 6.5 1.57 77%
1965 36 NYY AL 418 2.2% 15.6% 5.7% 6.0% 28% 2.71 6.0 43.4 8.7 1.27 76%
1966 37 NYY AL 451 1.3% 14.4% 8.2% 6.0% 26% 1.76 6.3 68.3 11.7 1.16 76%
1967 38 TOT AL 345 1.2% 17.4% 6.1% 3.8% 23% 2.86 5.3 78.8 11.3 1.26 74%
1967 38 NYY AL 216 1.4% 16.7% 5.6% 4.2% 23% 3.00 5.5 66.3 11.7 1.20 75%
1967 38 BOS AL 129 0.8% 18.6% 7.0% 3.1% 24% 2.67 4.8 116.0 10.5 1.35 72%
1968 39 BOS AL 229 2.2% 19.7% 9.6% 3.9% 18% 2.05 4.5 40.6 11.3 1.68 67%
14 Seasons 5843 2.9% 13.5% 6.4% 7.4% 30% 2.11 6.8 32.1 7.0 1.16 76%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1955 26 NYY AL 4 0 25% 92 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 2 48% 13 8 4 2 1 1 8 2 6
1956 27 NYY AL 5 0 32% 101 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 2 4 31% 15 11 4 5 4 1 9 5 4
1957 28 NYY AL 5 0 26% 117 2 5 29% 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 3 47% 19 12 6 3 2 1 10 1 8
1958 29 NYY AL 6 0 26% 151 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 8 40% 24 16 8 8 6 1 16 4 10
1959 30 NYY AL 4 0 33% 139 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 13 38% 29 22 7 4 3 0 12 2 10
1960 31 NYY AL 4 0 23% 107 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 7 30% 19 14 5 1 1 0 3 1 2
1961 32 NYY AL 9 0 26% 210 0 3 0% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 12 33% 27 22 5 6 3 3 7 1 5
1962 33 NYY AL 11 0 28% 196 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 15 37% 32 19 12 6 5 1 16 9 7
1963 34 NYY AL 4 0 31% 174 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 16 42% 31 20 11 6 5 1 15 4 10
1964 35 NYY AL 8 1 23% 278 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 10 43% 41 25 15 5 4 1 14 3 10
1965 36 NYY AL 10 0 27% 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 11 37% 22 17 5 3 1 1 10 2 7
1966 37 NYY AL 6 0 23% 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 10 33% 9 6 2 10 10 0 11 3 8
1967 38 TOT AL 5 0 24% 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 8 33% 12 10 2 2 1 1 4 1 3
1967 38 NYY AL 3 0 20% 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 22% 7 6 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
1967 38 BOS AL 2 0 31% 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 44% 5 4 1 1 0 1 3 1 2
1968 39 BOS AL 7 0 25% 78 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 55% 11 6 5 0 0 0 9 3 6
14 Seasons 88 1 27% 2029 9 14 39% 10 12 0 1 0 1 8 0 67 123 39% 304 208 91 61 46 12 144 41 96
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1955 26 NYY AL 306 52% 81 21 4 1 4 1.71 10 0 10 5 5 6 4 0 2 1 50% 70 4 6% 22 9 41% 213 34 16% 23 14 61% 20 5 25% 0
1956 27 NYY AL 316 41% 76 12 5 1 2 1.52 5 0 13 4 1 2 3 0 2 2 100% 71 11 15% 30 7 23% 234 35 15% 28 9 32% 15 6 40% 0
1957 28 NYY AL 381 37% 90 9 3 0 2 2.76 8 0 9 7 1 3 5 0 8 6 75% 70 18 26% 45 16 36% 240 37 15% 30 13 43% 25 7 28% 0
1958 29 NYY AL 406 31% 118 9 5 0 2 1.66 11 0 13 7 4 3 8 0 5 4 80% 85 9 11% 42 14 33% 285 58 20% 39 22 56% 25 10 40% 0
1959 30 NYY AL 475 31% 121 11 3 1 2 2.05 18 0 10 11 7 5 13 0 5 4 80% 104 12 12% 52 20 38% 307 56 18% 26 16 62% 35 10 29% 0
1960 31 NYY AL 361 39% 79 14 5 1 4 1.59 6 0 15 6 0 5 1 0 3 2 67% 74 8 11% 35 13 37% 253 36 14% 26 17 65% 23 9 39% 0
1961 32 NYY AL 482 37% 155 14 4 1 1 0.90 21 0 11 13 8 10 11 0 1 1 100% 105 5 5% 39 8 21% 314 60 19% 24 10 42% 29 10 34% 0
1962 33 NYY AL 538 35% 138 7 1 0 0 2.53 21 0 24 14 7 3 18 0 3 3 100% 119 20 17% 61 19 31% 421 72 17% 37 23 62% 21 12 57% 0
1963 34 NYY AL 531 43% 140 5 1 0 0 2.04 28 0 15 13 15 10 18 0 3 1 33% 111 17 15% 52 16 31% 345 57 17% 32 18 56% 32 12 38% 0
1964 35 NYY AL 607 37% 172 6 1 0 1 1.92 15 0 16 6 9 3 12 0 0 0 104 10 10% 38 13 34% 386 70 18% 30 17 57% 35 16 46% 0
1965 36 NYY AL 418 42% 91 12 2 0 1 2.01 9 0 7 3 6 0 9 0 2 1 50% 80 16 20% 32 7 22% 284 41 14% 25 11 44% 20 8 40% 0
1966 37 NYY AL 451 45% 105 12 2 0 0 1.98 6 1 9 2 4 1 5 0 0 0 76 12 16% 33 8 24% 246 35 14% 19 11 58% 18 5 28% 0
1967 38 TOT AL 345 47% 56 20 2 0 2 2.14 4 0 12 1 3 3 1 0 2 2 100% 52 10 19% 33 12 36% 238 29 12% 22 10 45% 20 8 40% 0
1967 38 NYY AL 216 66% 39 17 2 0 2 2.15 3 0 5 1 2 2 1 0 1 1 100% 32 6 19% 23 8 35% 140 18 13% 15 6 40% 14 7 50% 0
1967 38 BOS AL 129 16% 17 3 0 0 0 2.07 1 0 7 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 100% 20 4 20% 10 4 40% 98 11 11% 7 4 57% 6 1 17% 0
1968 39 BOS AL 229 20% 49 3 0 0 0 2.85 5 0 3 2 3 0 5 0 2 2 100% 35 5 14% 17 5 29% 124 15 12% 14 5 36% 9 1 11% 0
14 Seasons 5846 38% 1471 155 38 5 21 1.87 167 1 167 94 73 54 113 0 38 29 76% 1156 157 14% 531 167 31% 3890 635 16% 375 196 52% 327 119 36% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1955 26 97 305 279 33 81 8 7 10 43 0 0 20 36 .290 .336 .477 .812 118 133 4 1 1 4 5
1956 27 195 621 569 68 157 16 10 15 77 0 1 41 66 .276 .324 .418 .742 99 238 15 2 3 6 11
1957 28 305 1001 925 101 247 29 14 23 121 2 6 57 109 .267 .308 .403 .712 92 373 33 2 9 8 17
1958 29 408 1407 1301 146 365 48 19 34 187 3 7 79 169 .281 .320 .425 .745 103 553 42 2 13 12 23
1959 30 533 1881 1744 205 486 72 25 52 260 3 8 99 226 .279 .317 .438 .755 106 764 54 5 17 16 27
1960 31 640 2242 2067 234 565 83 28 58 299 6 8 127 269 .273 .314 .425 .738 102 878 62 5 19 24 34
1961 32 769 2724 2513 298 720 100 33 79 376 6 11 155 334 .287 .327 .447 .773 111 1123 67 8 20 28 40
1962 33 905 3262 3007 361 858 123 38 100 467 7 12 186 410 .285 .325 .451 .776 112 1357 87 9 23 37 41
1963 34 1040 3793 3494 436 998 144 44 128 552 7 12 221 478 .286 .327 .462 .789 115 1614 104 15 24 39 45
1964 35 1190 4400 4044 499 1170 171 47 143 636 8 13 269 551 .289 .333 .461 .794 117 1864 114 20 24 43 57
1965 36 1300 4818 4435 537 1261 186 48 152 681 8 13 293 616 .284 .329 .451 .779 114 1999 130 21 25 44 60
1966 37 1426 5269 4845 575 1366 205 50 158 716 8 13 330 681 .282 .328 .443 .770 113 2145 142 22 25 47 69
1967 38 1534 5614 5160 597 1422 214 50 162 744 8 13 351 741 .276 .322 .431 .752 108 2222 152 25 27 51 75
1968 39 1605 5843 5363 619 1471 218 50 167 762 9 14 373 786 .274 .322 .427 .749 108 2290 157 26 29 52 82

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1955 26 101 318 292 35 85 8 7 10 45 0 21 38 .291 .336 .469 .806 47 97
1956 27 102 323 299 36 75 8 3 5 35 0 21 31 .251 .300 .348 .648 31 98
1957 28 116 384 367 37 87 13 4 8 49 2 15 45 .237 .266 .360 .625 35 110
1958 29 108 426 398 52 128 21 5 12 76 1 24 63 .322 .357 .490 .847 70 103
1959 30 131 491 463 65 126 25 6 19 80 0 21 60 .272 .305 .475 .781 67 125
1960 31 113 381 343 33 86 12 3 7 44 3 30 45 .251 .304 .364 .669 39 107
1961 32 129 482 447 65 156 17 5 21 79 0 28 65 .349 .388 .550 .938 96 129
1962 33 136 529 489 65 133 22 5 20 94 1 30 76 .272 .310 .460 .770 71 136
1963 34 135 535 491 81 144 22 6 29 92 0 36 68 .293 .348 .540 .887 90 135
1964 35 149 615 556 67 180 28 3 16 90 1 50 73 .324 .382 .471 .853 99 150
1965 36 110 418 392 43 92 15 1 9 50 0 24 65 .235 .280 .347 .627 38 110
1966 37 127 468 423 46 116 21 2 7 42 0 41 65 .274 .338 .383 .721 54 126
1967 38 108 351 321 27 62 10 0 4 34 0 23 60 .193 .251 .262 .512 21 108
1968 39 71 236 209 27 55 4 0 6 22 1 25 45 .263 .343 .368 .712 26 71
14 Seasons 1636 5957 5490 679 1525 226 50 173 832 9 389 799 .278 .326 .432 .757 784 1605
162 Game Avg. 162 590 544 67 151 22 5 17 82 1 39 79 .278 .326 .432 .757 78 1605

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1957
1958
1959-2
1960-1 *
1960-2
1961-1 *
1961-2 *
1962-1
1962-2 *
1963 *
1964 (C)
1965

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1958-AL-Babe Ruth Award
1963-AL-MVP

Gold Gloves
1963-AL-C
1964-AL-C
All multiple winners

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1958-AL-17-3%
1961-AL-10-11%
1963-AL-1-89%
1964-AL-3-44%
1967-AL-17-2%
1 MVP
1.49 Career Shares (143rd)

Batting Average s c a p y
1963 AL--.287--8th
1964 AL--.313--3rd

Slugging % s c a p y
1963 AL--.528--3rd

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1963 AL--.869--5th

Hits s c a p y
1964 AL--172--4th

Doubles s c a p y
1964 AL--27--10th

Triples s c a p y
1955 AL--7--8th
1959 AL--6--7th
1963 AL--6--10th

Home Runs s c a p y
1963 AL--28--5th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1963 AL--85--8th

Singles s c a p y
1964 AL--127--5th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1963 AL--140--5th

Runs Created s c a p y
1964 AL--93--10th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1961 AL--32--8th
1963 AL--24--10th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1961 AL--3.1--8th
1963 AL--2.5--9th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1963 AL--55--9th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1960 AL--8--3rd
1962 AL--9--3rd

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1957 AL--6--10th
1958 AL--6--6th
1960 AL--7--3rd
1961 AL--6--9th
1964 AL--12--2nd
1966 AL--9--8th
Career--82--168th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1957 AL--18--3rd
1962 AL--20--2nd
1963 AL--17--7th
1965 AL--16--9th
Career--157--225th

AB per HR s c a p y
1963 AL--17.4--5th

Oldest s c a p y
1966 AL--born 1929-02-23--9th
1967 AL--born 1929-02-23--8th
1968 AL--born 1929-02-23--4th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 27 (845), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 82 (212), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 22 (635), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  8. John Valentin (914)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Mike Stanley (915)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Mike Stanley (894)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Mike Stanley (875)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Shawon Dunston (869)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Shawon Dunston (861)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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